RPC II, 1087

 

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Coin type
Volume II
Number 1087
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Ionia
City Ephesus
Reign Domitian
Person (obv.) Domitian (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Iunius Caesennius Paetus (proconsul)
Alliance with Smyrna
Dating Between AD 91 and 95
Obverse inscription ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΟϹ
Edition Δομιτιανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Γερμανικός
Translation Domitian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate head of Domitian, right, with drapery and aegis on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΝΘΥ ΚΑΙϹΕΝΝΙΟΥ ΠΑΙΤΟΥ ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ, ΖΜΥΡ, ΕΦΕ
Edition ἐπὶ ἀνθυ(πάτου) Καισεννίου Παίτου ὁμόνοια Ζμυρ(ναίων) Ἐφε(σίων)
Translation under proconsul Caesennius Paetus, concord of Smyrnans (and) Ephesians
Reverse design two Amazons, holding double axes, clasping hands; to left, ΖΜΥΡ; to right, ƐΦƐ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 17.86 g
Axis 12
Reference Stumpf 419; Franke & Nollé 182–5; Pera, Homonoia p. 32, no. 4.
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 1086/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 653
2 2     Mu SNG 285
3 3     G Hunter p. 341, no. 96
4 4     O
5 5     Amsterdam: ex Leiden